This file contains two datasets (also as ASCII):
chalfin_mccrary_restat.dta 
covars.dta

The do-file, replication.do replicates Tables 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the paper. The log files corresponding to each of these tables contain the regression output.

Table 2:  Summary Statistics
Table 3a: Main Results - OLS and 2SLS; The first 8 columns of Table 3
Table 3b: Main Results - GMM; Column 9 of Table 3
Table 4a: Robustness to Covariates
Table 5: Equality of Parameter Estimates

Analyses were performed using Stata 12.

Contains data from chalfin_mccrary_restat.dta
  obs:        10,589                          SAS creation date 15MAR09:08:25
 vars:            91                          11 May 2017 12:30
 size:     2,615,483 (99.6% of memory free)   (_dta has notes)
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              storage  display     value
variable name   type   format      label      variable label
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ORI7            str9   %9s                    ORI code
STATE           str2   %9s                    ALPHA STATE CODE
AGENCY          str25  %25s                   AGENCY NAME
year            double %9.0g                  year
police_ucr      float  %9.0g                  police officers (UCR)
police_lemas    float  %9.0g                  police officers (LEMAS)
police_asg      float  %9.0g                  police officers (ASG)
agencynum       float  %9.0g                  numerical agency identifier
styr            float  %9.0g                  state by year effects
cityyr          float  %9.0g                  city by year effects
popweight       float  %9.0g                  population in 1970
pc_violent      float  %9.0g                  per capita of violent
pc_murder       float  %9.0g                  per capita of murder
pc_rape         float  %9.0g                  per capita of rape
pc_robbery      float  %9.0g                  per capita of robbery
pc_assault      float  %9.0g                  per capita of assault
pc_property     float  %9.0g                  per capita of property
pc_burglary     float  %9.0g                  per capita of burglary
pc_larceny      float  %9.0g                  per capita of larceny
pc_motor        float  %9.0g                  per capita of motor
pccw            float  %9.0g                  per capita cost of crime
pc_ucr          float  %9.0g                  per capita police (UCR)
pc_asg          float  %9.0g                  per capita police (ASG)
y1              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1960.0000
y2              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1961.0000
y3              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1962.0000
y4              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1963.0000
y5              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1964.0000
y6              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1965.0000
y7              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1966.0000
y8              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1967.0000
y9              byte   %8.0g                  year== 1968.0000
y10             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1969.0000
y11             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1970.0000
y12             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1971.0000
y13             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1972.0000
y14             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1973.0000
y15             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1974.0000
y16             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1975.0000
y17             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1976.0000
y18             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1977.0000
y19             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1978.0000
y20             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1979.0000
y21             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1980.0000
y22             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1981.0000
y23             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1982.0000
y24             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1983.0000
y25             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1984.0000
y26             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1985.0000
y27             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1986.0000
y28             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1987.0000
y29             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1988.0000
y30             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1989.0000
y31             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1990.0000
y32             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1991.0000
y33             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1992.0000
y34             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1993.0000
y35             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1994.0000
y36             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1995.0000
y37             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1996.0000
y38             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1997.0000
y39             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1998.0000
y40             byte   %8.0g                  year== 1999.0000
y41             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2000.0000
y42             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2001.0000
y43             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2002.0000
y44             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2003.0000
y45             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2004.0000
y46             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2005.0000
y47             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2006.0000
y48             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2007.0000
y49             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2008.0000
y50             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2009.0000
y51             byte   %8.0g                  year== 2010.0000
gpop_ucr        float  %9.0g                  growth rate, population (UCR)
gpop_asg        float  %9.0g                  growth rate, population (ASG)
gpolice_lemas   float  %9.0g                  growth rate, police (LEMAS)
gpolice_ucr     float  %9.0g                  growth rate, police (UCR)
gpolice_asg     float  %9.0g                  growth rate, police (ASG)
gviolent        float  %9.0g                  growth rate, violent crime
gmurder         float  %9.0g                  growth rate, murder
grape           float  %9.0g                  growth rate, rape
grobbery        float  %9.0g                  growth rate, robbery
gassault        float  %9.0g                  growth rate, assault
gproperty       float  %9.0g                  growth rate, property crime
gburglary       float  %9.0g                  growth rate, burglary
glarceny        float  %9.0g                  growth rate, larceny
gmotor          float  %9.0g                  growth rate, motor vehicle left
gcw             double %10.0g                 growth rate, cost-weighted crime

